Miskelley v. State

480 So.2d 1104 (1985)

Mike MISKELLEY

v.

STATE of Mississippi.

No. 55032.

Supreme Court of Mississippi.

November 6, 1985.

Rehearing Denied January 15, 1986.

W.O. Luckett, Jr., Luckett Law Firm, Clarksdale, for appellant.

Edwin Lloyd Pittman, Atty. Gen. by Billy L. Gore, Asst. Atty. Gen., Jackson, for appellee.

Before ROY NOBLE LEE, P.J., and ROBERTSON and PRATHER, JJ.

ROY NOBLE LEE, Presiding Justice, for the Court:

Mike Miskelley was indicted and tried in the Circuit Court of Benton County, Mississippi, for the murder of Steve Brown. The jury found Miskelley guilty as charged and the lower court…